Getting the Discussion Going
Just responded to a great post from the Citizen Engagement Group. What has worked for you? Please share. https://www.govloop.com/group/citizenengagement/forum/topics/getting-the-discussion-going
The Obama Jobs Speech: Real Life Leadership Lessons.
Real life leadership lesson – be transparent, congruent and authentic to both yourself and to those you lead! To be clear – I am wearing my organization development practitioner hat here. This is a bi-partisan analysis of a real life event to highlight what I believe are imperative traits of successful leadership -transparency, congruence, andRead… Read more »
Despite reluctance, states acknowledge looming deadline for insurance exchanges
Deltek Analyst Amanda White reports. The January 1, 2014 federal deadline for states to have health insurance exchanges up and running is fast approaching, and as summer comes to a close, states are realizing just how fast time is flying. Surprisingly, several states have yet to pass legislation to set up the infrastructure, and inRead… Read more »
PBS Goes In-depth on Hyrdaulic Fracturing, aka Fracking
Also, be on the lookout for a full report from a DOE task force on hydraulic fracturing, due out this November. In the mean time, read about the findings of a preliminary report at Bloomberg. Original post
PMP Exam Tip: Interpersonal Skills a PMP Needs: 4. Communication
In Appendix G, the PMBOK Guide discusses Interpersonal Skills for the project manager. We are currently reviewing these one by one in our weekly PMP exam tip. In this week’s tip we talk about developing strong communication skills. Good communication skills are important in most careers. If you are working as a project manager thatRead… Read more »
Portland looks at broadband plan
After a series of fits and starts, the Portland City Council will hear a proposal for the city’s broadband plan today. The highly anticipated plan comes after the city backed away from an earlier version that would’ve cost nearly a half billion dollars. City officials want to create a high-speed, city administered broadband network toRead… Read more »
University of Minnesota introduces bike incentives
The University of Minnesota is using RFID tags to encourage people to bike on campus. The university will start handing out radio frequency identification chips and begin to register bicycle riders next week. Each time they pedal past one of 20 cellular towers, cyclists will earn points that they can cash in for rewards likeRead… Read more »
Tweeting a new vision for transportation in Michigan
The Michigan Municipal League along with Let’s Save Michigan hosted a conversation on Twitter this week to address the need for new transportation systems in the state. The Twitter talk invited experts to share their ideas and answer questions in an online forum with a goal of informing the governor’s new transportation and infrastructure plan,Read… Read more »
Aphorism 57
When the data seem to point to an unexpected finding, always consider the possibility that the problem is a feature of the data, rather than a feature of the world … When I discover something surprising in data, the most common explanation is that I made a mistake. John Kay Original post
The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society
In the past two decades, “civil society” has become a central organizing concept in the social sciences. Occupying the middle ground between the state and private life, the civil sphere encompasses everything from associations to protests to church groups to nongovernmental organizations. Interest in the topic exploded with the decline of statism in the 1980sRead… Read more »